2024 Mille Miglia, Vesco blows away the competition again. 23 Automotive Masterpieces on the route.
June 17, 2024
The 2,200-kilometer tour of the 2024 Mille Miglia, from June 11th to 15th, has concluded for the 421 crews who followed the Brescia - Rome - Brescia route, with the new additions of Turin and Genoa stages.
Andrea Vesco achieved a hard-to-match record, winning for the seventh time, the fifth consecutive, and the fourth in a row with his steadfast co-driver Fabio Salvinelli, in their trusty 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS Spider Zagato. “We are happy, how could we not be! – Vesco commented right after the race – ...this year we led from the first trial and always maintained our advantage.” Behind them, there was a fierce battle: in the end, Gianmario Fontanella and Anna Maria Covelli secured a well-deserved 2nd place with their 1927 Lancia Lambda Casaro VII Serie, listed among the Automotive Masterpieces, followed in 3rd place by Alberto Aliverti and Stefano Valente, also competing with a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C.
In the collateral events: Frank Binder and Giordano Mozzi in a 296 GTS won the Ferrari Tribute; Mirco Magni and Alessandro Ferruta claimed victory in the 1000 Miglia Green with a Polestar 2, while the 1000 Miglia Experience went to Ismaele and Marco Luigi Ghilardelli in a Mercedes AMG GT C.
Alongside the Lambda of Fontanella - Covelli in 2nd place, this edition saw a significant representation of crews with cars listed among the Automotive Masterpieces, as has become customary. There were 23 AM examples racing, representing the full range of possible cars: 2 Lancia Lambda, two Alfa Romeo 6C (a 1750 and a 2300 MM), a Chrysler 72, a Cisitalia 202, 3 Fiat 1100 (B, S, and TV), 2 Fiat 1400, a Porsche 356, 3 Lancia Aurelia (a B21 and two B20), a Ferrari 225 S, 2 Fiat 8V (Rapi and ZAGATO), an Ermini Sport Internazionale, an Autobleu 750 Mille Miles, and the Italian sweetheart Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint.
Cars
1952 Ferrari 225 S
- Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale & C.
- Chassis n°: 0198ET
- Engine n°: 0198ET
One of 14 Ferrari 225 Sport Spider bodied by Vignale on Michelotti design, 6 with Gilco "tuboscocca" chassis. Intense racing activity in 1952-1953 in Portugal.
Private collection
1952 Lancia Aurelia B20
- Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
- Chassis n°: *B20-1630*
- Engine n°: B201736
This car participated to 1953 Mille Miglia with the racing driver Gustavo Richter and in sporting events between 1953 and 1954. Owned recently by Stefano Ricci.
Private collection
1955 Fiat 8V ZAGATO
- Coachbuilder: Zagato
- Chassis n°: 106*000083*
- Engine n°: 104.000168
One of the only six 8V by Zagato bodied with peculiar double-bubble roof. It ran several main races, including Coppa Intereuropa, Mille Miglia and Targa Florio.
Private collection
1953 Lancia Aurelia B20
- Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
- Chassis n°: *B20-2342*
- Engine n°: B20-2590
Sporting history from late 1954 to all 1955 with Carlo Croce: huge palmarès including 18th overall at the Mille Miglia and 4th overall at the Coppa Intereuropa.
Private collection
1954 Fiat 1100 TV GT
- Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
- Chassis n°: 103TV.045281
- Engine n°: 45805
A first series 1100 TV GT designed by Pinin Farina; this car was driven in races from 1954 to 1956. It raced the Mille Miglia in 1955 and several re-enactments.
Private collection